In the competitive business environment, early identification of technological opportunities is
crucial for technology strategy formulation and research and development planning. There …

In this competitive environment every organisation wants to achieve top most position in
their area. Benchmarking is a very versatile tool that can be applied in a variety of ways to …

Both public policy and business management are increasingly interested in how to manage
trade secrets. One of the driving forces is the growing significance of data as an asset, as 'oil …

As in our knowledge economy, intellectual assets represented by intellectual and industrial
property and associated rights are of growing importance for companies, it is essential for …

This paper aims to show how the information contained in patent documents can be used to
identify basic and specific technological proximities between firms and therefore a potential …

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face various challenges such as lack of resources,
finance, networking capability. Many of the constraints could be mitigated with the help of …

The selection and planning of technical projects is an important and challenging investment
decision for companies as significant amount of capital is often involved. With the growing …

This paper proposes a novel approach to French patent classification leveraging data-
centric strategies. We compare different approaches for the two deepest levels of the IPC …

The importance of technological innovation and intellectual property planning and strategies
for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is evident. Faced with …

The effective management of intellectual property (IP) is an increasingly complex challenge
in today's global knowledge economy, especially for firms with large IP portfolios. Although …